Samarqand Province

Samarqand Province (Samarkand Province) (Uzbek: Samarqand viloyati) is a viloyat (province) o Uzbekistan locatit in the centre o the kintra in the basin o Zarafshan River. It borders wi Tajikstan, Navoiy Province, Jizzakh Province an Qashqadaryo Province. It covers an aurie o 16,400 km². The population is estimatit tae be aroond 2,322,000, wi some 75% livin in rural auries.

Samarqand Province wis established on 15 Januar 1938,^[1] an is dividit intae 14 admeenistrative destricts.^[2] The caipital is Samarqand (pop est 368,000 indwallers). Ither major touns include Bulung‘ur, Juma, Ishtixon, Kattaqo‘rg‘on, Urgut, an Oqtosh.

The climate is a teepically arid continental climate.

Samarkand is the 2nt lairgest centre for economy, science, an cultur in Uzbekistan, efter Tashkent. The Institute o Archeology at the Academy o Sciences o the Republic o Uzbekistan is based at Samarqand. The Province's UNESCO Warld Heritage Site airchitectural monuments are warld famous, an mak Samarkand the lairgest centre for internaitional tourism in the kintra.

Samarqand Province an aa haes significant naitural resoorces, includin construction materials sic as marble, granite, limestane, carbonate, an chalk. The Province's major agricultural activities are cotton an cereal growin, winemakin an sericultur. In terms o industry, metal processin (spare pairts for automobiles an combines), fuid processin, textiles, an ceramics industries are the maist active in the aurie.

The province haes a well-developed transport infrastructur, wi ower 400 km o railways an 4100 km o surfaced roads. The telecommunication infrastructur is an aa well developed.

Admeenistrative diveesions

	Destrict name	Destrict caipital
1	Bulungur Destrict	Bulungur
2	Ishtikhon Destrict	Ishtikhon
3	Jomboy Destrict	Jomboy
4	Kattakurgan Destrict	Paishanba
5	Koshrabot Destrict	Koshrabot
6	Narpay Destrict	Oqtosh
7	Nurobod Destrict	Nurobod
8	Oqdarya Destrict	Laish
9	Pakhtachi Destrict	Ziadin
10	Payariq Destrict	Payariq
11	Pastdargom Destrict	Juma
12	Samarqand Destrict	Gulabad
13	Toyloq Destrict	Toyloq
14	Urgut Destrict	Urgut

Laitinization o destrict names accordin tae Samarqand regional web site on gov.uz Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

References

↑ Information about the Samarkand Region Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, www.samarqand.uz Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed on July 21, 2007.
↑ Samarqand Province web site on gov.uz Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Information about the Samarkand Region Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, www.samarqand.uz Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed on July 21, 2007.

[2] Samarqand Province web site on gov.uz Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

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